An International School and Conference on Quantum Information Processing and Applications (QIPA-2011) will be held during 14 -20 February, 2011 at the Harish-Chandra Research Institute (HRI), Allahabad, India. The school will be from 14-16 February and conference will be held from 18-20 February, with a one-day break on 17 February.

In this program, in addition to fundamental issues related to quantum information, the focus will be on topics at the interface of quantum information with other sciences like condensed matter, cold gas, quantum optics, and quantum chaos.

You are requested to complete the registration form, if you are interested to attend the program. In addition, if you would like to present a talk or a poster, please complete the form for the submission of abstracts. The deadline for registration as well as the submission of abstract is 30 November, 2010. We encourage everyone, especially the students, to stay for the whole duration and leave either early on 21 Feb. or late on 20 Feb.

Scholarships For Pursuing Doctoral Programe (Ph.D) In Mathematics For The Academic Year 2011-12

The NBHM invites applications for the grant of scholarships to students for pursuing research for a Ph.D Degree in Mathematics

Eligibility: Applicants must be motivated BA/B.Sc/B.Tech/BE/MA/M.Sc Degree holders or final year students of these degree courses. They must have a good academic record (1st Class or equivalent grade in all years from +2 level to the present B.Sc (Honors) students with second class may also apply.)

A communication calling the applicant for the test, together with allotment of center (hall ticket) will be sent so as to reach the candidate by January 10, 2011. Also candidates not found eligible will be informed accordingly by that date. The applicant should contact the zonal coordinator to whom the application was sent, if he / she does not receive a communication about the test (or hall ticket) by this date. In the event of an applicant not receiving a communication regarding the test by January 17, 2011 the applicant shall contact the zonal coordinator to whom the application was sent to find out the status and the appropriate remedial measures

Last date of receiving application: December 16, 2010

The candidate who wish to be considered for Ph.D programmes in the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), Chennai and the Harish - Chandra Research Institute (HRI), Allahabad are required to appear for this test

An international meeting titled Primordial features and non-Gaussianities will be held at the Harish-Chandra Research Institute (HRI), Allahabad, India, during December 14-18, 2010. The meeting will focus on understanding the generation and detection of primordial (both inflationary as well as non/post-inflationary) features and non-Gaussianities. While the first four days (December 14-17, 2010) of the meeting will be dedicated to these topics, the fifth day (i.e. December 18, 2010) will focus on issues in string cosmology.

The registration as well as the submission of abstracts for the meeting is now closed. If you have registered for the meeting, we expect to confirm your participation in the first half of September. If you have also submitted an abstract, you will be hearing from us regarding your submission soon after we confirm your participation.